The Dodgers returned Rule 5 pick Armando Zerpa to the Red Sox, according to the AP (via Yahoo! Sports). Boston will pay half of the original $50K Rule 5 fee in the transaction.
Zerpa, 23, was selected by the Rays with the 13th pick in the Rule 5 Draft before being traded to the Dodgers for cash. The lefthander posted a 4.85 ERA with 8.2 K/9 in 29.2 innings for Boston's Class-A Advanced affiliate in 2009, but that came with an ugly 6.4 BB/9.
Even though high strikeout lefty relievers are in high demand, it was hard to see Zerpa sticking on the Dodgers' 25-man roster all season given his control problems and zero experience above A-ball.
